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Month: January 2019

Ten Instagram Accounts to Follow

On January 25, 2019January 27, 2019 By Andy MilneIn Uncategorized5 Comments

Twitter is dead. Long live Instagram. OK, so perhaps that's not really true, and for the longest time you would find me espousing the benefits of life on Twitter and how it played a huge role not only in my professional development, but also in my transition from life in England to starting all over …

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#MuteRKelly

On January 18, 2019April 4, 2024 By Andy MilneIn Uncategorized1 Comment

The Surviving R. Kelly docuseries has once again brought to the fore conversation about the predatory behavior and sexual allegations regarding 51 year old singer R. Kelly. My social media feed has been all over this story for a few years now and for that reason I decided to #MuteRKelly from my own listening back …

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ACEs & TIPs

On January 13, 2019May 2, 2021 By Andy MilneIn Uncategorized4 Comments

In my health class I promote lifelong health and well-being but one area in which I could improve is understanding and fully appreciating the role of adverse childhood experiences, and the impact they have on health and opportunity. This week's blog post and questions specifically addresses this topic and comes from Tammy Wynard, a wonderful …

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World Read Aloud Day

On January 7, 2019February 4, 2021 By Andy MilneIn Uncategorized2 Comments

The eleventh annual World Read Aloud Day will be celebrated on February 5th and I'm inviting #PhysEd and #HealthEd teachers to join in with this global celebration of the power of words. World Read Aloud Day asks everyone to celebrate the day by selecting a book, finding an audience, and reading out loud - it …

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Uncomfortable Listening

On January 5, 2019January 12, 2019 By Andy MilneIn Uncategorized3 Comments

There's definitely a difference between the educator interaction on Twitter and that on Facebook, and recently a teacher on the latter put out a call for resources that I retweeted on Twitter. Within an hour, the resources shared were so great, I had to drop them all in this short blog post so that it …

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#YearofCalm

On January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 By Andy MilneIn Uncategorized4 Comments

This is my 6th year of choosing a #OneWord to guide me through the year ahead. The theory behind this idea is that our guiding word points us towards the type of person that we want to become.

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